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distincte elevatis, tenuissimis, petiolis 6-7 cm. longis, brevissime 
denseque pubescentibus etiamque pilosis, stipulis lanceolatis, 12 mm. 
longis acuminatis, extus dense intus parce brevissime pubescenti- 
bus. Flores monccii, spicati. Spice 2: amentiformes, gracillime, 
filiformes, recurvatee, 18 cm. long, villoso-pubescentes, pedunculis 
1 cm. longis, bracteis ovatis 3 mm. longis, extus dense pilosis, intus 
glabris, margine ciliatis, floribus secus rhachin hac atque illac remote 
glomeratis, bracteis inter flores lanceolatis, 1 mm. longis, ciliatis. Ala- 
bastrum floris § : minutum tetragono-turbinatum, $ mm. in diametro 
basi articulatum. Spice floris 2: graciles 9 cm. longe, pubescentes, 
pedunculis 1 cm. longis, bracteis ovatis 3 mm. longis, extus dense 
pilosis, intus glabris, remote floratis, bracteis latissimis 385 mm. 
longis, 5 mm. latis, 10-nerviis, extus pubescentibus, intus glabris, 
10-dentatis, ciliolatis, generaliter 2-florem amplectantibus, floribus 
altero fertilibus, altero sterilibus, bracteolis miunutis  ciliolatis. 
Perianthium 3-fidum, laciniis ovatis acutis mm. longis ciliolatis. 
Ovarium depresso-globosum, 3-lobatum, hirsutum, stylis distinctis, 
24 mm. longis, prope basin laciniatis, laciniis filiformibus. 
Has. Ako: Kotansho: leg. G. Naxanara, Sept. 1905, (No. 537). 
Near A. grandis Bento. and A. stipulacea Kuorzs., but differs 
from the former in having leaves which are cuneately cordate at 
the base, and from the latter in the bracts of female flowers. The 
leaves of A. grandis are rounded or obtuse, but never cordate, at 
the base. 
Acalypha formosana Hayara sp. nov. Suffrutescens. Rami 
hirsuti, teretes, multi-sulcati, leves, patento-hirsuti, pilis trans- 
versim patentibus. Folia magna membranacea, longe petiolata, 
globoso-ovata, 23 cm. longa, 15 cm. lata, apice cuspidato-acuta, 
(cuspidibus 2 cm. longis, 3 mm. latis, subintegris), basi late rotundata, 
